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It is usually in the actual plug for the connection to the depth finder. We believe your 2015 has soldered ends on the main wires and the plugs are common.
Would that kill power to the whole bow? I had nothing working in the bow, front trim didnt work,graph, hydrawave ect.
No, this does sound like a ground issue.
This boat should have a direct Power in 10 gauge powering just the bow graph. That should not be connected to the front operating systems. We believe this year model should have a 6 gauge wire to the dash and 10 gauge wire direct to the bow just for electronics. The front operating systems may be on their own master switch, which is tucked into the foot recess and on a side panel. This was to prevent inadvertent button functions when fishing.
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Thats what makes this confusing, i have hydrawave and gps puck wired into that front panel i have to turn the front power switch on for those to work, the front graph will work with that switch off. When this power failure occurred everything on my console worked fine except the graph, the bow was dead, and everytime in the past when running and console graph shutoff front one and hydrawave would shutoff to
As far as the graph goes. My first stop would be the terminal block under the console. Checking connections and voltage. Low voltage will and can shut the power off. Though a bad ground will do the same. As far as the other power issues my stop would be the terminal block in the back of the boat. Physically grabbing and moving each wire. I added the 6 gauge system to myp2. One of the crimps was bad out of the gate. I caught it before the install. Again this sounds like a connection issue on both issues
Be sure and check the master power switch on the bow also
Sounds like a loose connection somewhere. Trick is to recreate the issue at home. If everything is working, turn all power on and go into the rigging area. Shake each connection starting at the battery and work forward, and include the breaker. Try to bring the problem on. Include the connections on the terminal block inside the transom that Red was referring to also. If you can’t recreate the problem at the back, next go under the console and do the same, shaking each connection. I had a very similar issue in my 2015 Cougar. It was a bad crimp on the wire leading into the 25 amp breaker.
Spent the afternoon checking every connection i could get my hands on starting at battery moving to rear terminal block on to master power panel to under console up to bow, i cannot get the graphs to shut off jiggling wires and connections. I even took nuts off battery terminals and they stay on as long as wires are making contact so im starting to wonder if its something with engine running. All three devices that turn off are wired seperatly yet all three shut off at same time is it possible while running something kicks on in engine and pulls just enough juice to kick them off? The more i think about it this happens sometimes on dead slick water with no waves . Also have never had graphs shut off while fishing in rough water , fishing thru the wake boat wakes on table rock and some of the crazy high winds this past spring seems like if it was a connection it would shut off sometimes in those conditions. I dont know getting frustrated with it
Are they lowrance units and do they cut off in the heat of the day? Is your console graph flush mounted? Does your map data ever not transfer to the bow unit via ethernet?
Humminbird 1198 flush mount at dash, 958 at bow. No it cuts out any time day or night while running. The mapping data will not transfer from one unit to other only waypoints and transducer returns.
Next thing to try might be removing and cleaning each of the connections on the terminal block at the back of the boat. It has been responsible for many electrical issues for others.
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